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Dr.Web® LiveCD
Version 5.0.2
User Manual
04.02.2010
Doctor Web Head Office
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction 6
1.1. Dr.Web Anti-Virus Protection 6
1.2. System Requirements 7
1.3. Launching Dr.Web LiveCD 8
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1. Introduction
Dr.Web® LiveCD is a software product based on the standard Dr.
Web anti-virus scanner. It allows to restore the system when
loading a computer from a hard drive is impossible due to high virus
activity. Using the emergency anti-virus assistance disk, you can not
only clean your computer from infected and suspicious files, but also
attempt to cure infected objects.
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Using the arrow keys on your keyboard select one of the following
options and press ENTER:
· To launch the GUI version of Dr.Web LiveCD, select DrWeb-
LiveCD.
· To launch the command line version (the Console Scanner),
select DrWeb-LiveCD (Safe Mode).
· To load your computer from the hard drive without launching
Dr.Web LiveCD, select Local HDD (cancel launching of Dr.
Web LiveCD, launch the system from the 0 partition of the 0
drive (hd0,0)).
· To test memory (for example, when you computer is
extremely unstable and restarts at random), select Test
Memory.
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After the graphic shell has been loaded, the main window of Dr.
Web Scanner for Linux opens by default. Dr.Web Scanner for
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2.1. Settings
The Dr.Web LiveCD settings are available through the Settings
item of the system menu and include the following options:
· Menu Configuration which allows you to configure appearance
of the taskbar
· NetWorks Configuration which allows you to configure
network
· Openbox Configuration Manager which allows you to configure
the GUI
· Xorg Configuration which allows to configure the X Window
System
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This windows allows you to configure the position, size, and special
effects in appearance of the taskbar (on the General tab) as well as
configure installed GUI plugins (on the Plugins tab). See Figure 2.
Figure 2. Taskbar configuration
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Setting Description
Position Specify values for the following parameters:
· the taskbar position on the screen (Edge)
· alignment of the taskbar elements (Alignment)
· the taskbar margine (Margine)
Size Adjust the the taskbar width Width and Height.
Effects Adjust the taskbar Transparency and Color settings.
Properties Specify values for other parameters:
· type of the taskbar (Set Dock Type)
· taskbar covering options (Do not cover by
maximized windows)
· hiding options (Autohide)
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The Utility option on the system menu opens the drop-down list:
· Create Live USB - create boot flash drive;
· Leafpad - open the inbuilt text editor (notepad);
· Midnight Commander - open the file manager;
· Terminal - open the command-line terminal.
2.2.1. Browser
Even though your computer cannot be loaded from the hard drive,
the Mozilla Firefox web browser included in Dr.Web LiveCD will
allow you to view web sites and save the pages. See Figure 6. You
will be able to view the saved pages after the OS is fully restored
and loaded.
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The browser default start page is the Doctor Web official web
site.
The inbuilt Sylpheed mail client will enable you to carry on e-mail
correspondence in full volume. See Figure 7.
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accompanying information.
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Homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/.
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· Set default - discard the user settings and set the default
ones;
· Ok - save the changes and return to the main window of the
Scanner;
· Apply - save the changes and stay in the settings window;
· Cancel - return to the main window of the Scanner and
discard the changes.
At the top of the General tab, you can specify the path to the
Scanner. In the Path to Scanner entry field, type the path or click
the button and select the path via the file system explorer.
Using the sane algorithm specify the path to the license key file in
the Path to key entry field, if necessary.
Clear the Save all settings at exit checkbox, if you want the
settings to be saved in the configuration file only by clicking the
Save settings button (refer to Checking tab). By default, this
checkbox is selected and the settings are saved every time the
Scanner is closed.
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You can specify the list of paths which you do not what to scan. To
add a certain directory to the list of exclusions, click Add excluded
path. A window for selecting the path will open.
Initially the path selection pane (at the top) contains the following
buttons:
As you view file system objects, the buttons for the directories
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passed («bread crumbs») appear on the path selection pane (at top
of the window). Click a button to open the respective directory.
To delete an object from the list, select this object in the list of
excluded paths and click Delete excluded path.
When you are done, click Apply to save the changes and leave the
dialog box open.
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When you are done, click Apply to save the changes and leave the
dialog box open.
All main Scanner settings are located on the Checking tab of the
Scanner main window. See Figure 12. Here you can save necessary
settings, load the settings from the user configuration file drweb.
ini and access Advance options section with advanced Scanner
settings.
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When you select any mode, its detailed description is given in the
right part of the tab.
If you restart your system without saving the new settings, any
changes made to the configuration file will be lost and all the
parameters will be reset to the default, as when Dr.Web LiveCD
was written to the disk or another medium. Please note, that if you
select the Save all settings at exit checkbox on the General
tab, the settings will be saved automatically every time the
Scanner is closed.
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When the program starts settings from the configuration file are
loaded automatically. Use the Load Settings button only to
discard the new changes to the settings you have made.
On the Programs tab, you can adjust Scanner interaction with the
other components of Dr.Web LiveCD. See Figure 13.
On the Mail pane, you can type a command to start the mail client
in the batch mode and edit it, if necessary. Under the entry field,
you can find possible parameters to be used with this command and
their descriptions.
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browser and edit it, if necessary. Under the entry field, you can find
possible parameters to be used with this command and their
descriptions.
When you are done, click Apply to save the changes and leave the
dialog box open.
The left pane of the Support tab contains buttons to perform the
following actions:
· Start the Updater. Click Update.
· Open the Dr.Web official Web site. Click www.drweb.com.
· Open the Dr.Web forum in the web browser window. Click
Forum. The inbuilt browser will open at the page of the Dr.
Web forum.
· Send a request to the technical support. Click Request to
support. The inbuilt browser will open at the page of the
Dr.Web support service.
· Report a bug by e-mail. Click Bug report. The inbuilt mail
client will open to send a mail message.
· Send files that are probably infected by unknown viruses for
analysis to the Dr.Web laboratory. Click Send file for check.
A file manager window will open.
The right pane of the Support tab contains info about the version
of the program, loaded virus databases, last update time and license
key number. This information is refreshed after every update.
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In case you receive a notification that the browser or the mail client
is not found at the attempt to follow any of the links above, adjust
properly paths to the executable files of the browser and mail
client. To do this, on the Settings menu select Options ->
Programs and enter necessary data.
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By default, the list contains only two file masks: *.vdb; *.VDB (i.
e. files with the .vdb or .VDB extensions only). You can also
specify only one * symbol to point to files with any extensions.
On the File Types tab you can set up restrictions on the types of
files to be checked by the Scanner. See Figure 17.
On the Scan mode pane set the selection method for files to scan
using the group of option buttons:
· All - all files are scanned regardless of their types and internal
structure. This mode is set by default when you select Full
check on the Checking tab of the Scanner settings section.
· By type - only files with the extensions specified in the File
types list are scanned. Executable files and files containing
macros are on the list by default. To add an extension to the
list, click Add file type, specify the necessary extension in
the opened window and then click Apply. To delete an
extension from the list, select it and click Delete file type.
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The Add file type and Delete file type buttons are
active only when the By type check mode is selected.
Below the pane you can select the following options to set up
additional restrictions for the scanning process:
· Select the Follow symlinks checkbox if you want the
Scanner to check the files, symbolic links to which are
included into the scan.
· Select the Check archives checkbox if you want the Scanner
to unpack archives and check the files inside (in the By
format mode archives should have a suitable format; in the
By type mode, the extension of both the archive and the
scanned file should be in the File types list).
· Select the Check e-mail files checkbox if you want the
Scanner to check attachments to e-mail messages.
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On the Log File Name pane select whether the log should be kept
by Dr.Web LiveCD or by the system service:
· File name - Dr.Web LiveCD will log events to the file
specified in the entry field. You can edit the path to the log
file in the entry field or click the button and choose the
path via the file system explorer.
· Syslog - the log will be kept by the Syslog system service.
If you select this method, you can specify the logging facility
and priority in the two drop-down lists below.
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You can select between the following priority levels for logging:
Info | Notice | Alert | Warning.
A selected Limit log file size checkbox instructs that the log file
must not exceed the size specified in the entry field to the right.
After the maximum has been reached, old entries will be gradually
deleted to give space to the new ones. Clearing the checkbox will
remove any limitation to the log file size.
In the Updater section you can edit the path to the log file of the
updating utility. Specify it in the Log file entry field or click the
button and choose the path via the file system explorer.
In the Level of log drop-down list, you can select the required log
verbosity level. The following levels are available: Debug | Verbose
| Info | Warning | Error | Quiet.
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On the Archive tab you can set limitations to actions which will be
applied to archives for safety reasons. See Figure 19.
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On the Other tab, you can set parameters to adjust the computer
workload, select Updater timeout and enable the heuristic analyser.
See Figure 20.
In the Scan priority group of option buttons, you can select the
priority of the scanning process compared to other system
processes.
In the Timeout entry field, you can edit the default awaiting time
of the updating utility when trying to connect to the update
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server.
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If you do not want the Scanner to check a certain object, but you
want it to remain in the scanning list, clear the checkbox next to
this object.
When you click Add, a window opens, where you can select
objects to scan. See Figure 22.
Figure 22. File Manager window
Initially the path selection pane (at the top) contains the following
buttons:
· Type a file name - open the file name entry field to add
a file (to close the field, click the button again).
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As you view file system objects, the buttons for the directories
passed («bread crumbs») appear on the path selection pane (at top
of the window). Click a button to open the respective directory.
To start scan of the selected objects, click Start (it will turn to the
Stop button and scanning process will begin).
During scan the status bar in the bottom of the window reflects
the current program activity, for example, loading of virus databases
or the full path to the file being scanned at the moment.
To terminate scan, click Stop (it will turn to the Start button and
scanning process will stop).
You can set additional parameters before scan, such as: scan mode
(check severity level), actions over detected objects, etc. For more
information on the Scanner settings, please refer to the
Main Options section.
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Below the report field is a row of buttons where you can select the
desired action for every object in the list: Cure or Delete. The
Cure action is not available for archives, containers, and mail files.
When the Cure action is assigned for an object, and this object
appears to be incurable, then the action specified for incurable
objects on the Actions tab will be applied.
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Using the arrow keys, select one of the following items from the
menu and press ENTER:
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tar.bz2, *.tbz);
· cn[d|m|r][n] ― scan files in containers (HTML, RTF,
PowerPoint,..).
d - delete, m - move, r - rename containers containing
infected objects, n - container type output disabled;
· ml[d|m|r][n] ― scan files in mailboxes.
d - delete, m - move, r - rename mailboxes, containing
infected objects; n - mailbox type output disabled;
· up[n] ― scan executable files packed with LZEXE, DIET,
PKLITE, EXEPACK;
n - packer type output disabled;
· ex ― diagnostics using file masks (see FilesTypes
parameter in configuration file);
· ha ― heuristic analysis (search for unknown viruses).
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Engine versions;
· ki – output information about key file and its owner (in UTF8
encoding only);
· foreground[yes|no] – enable Scanner to run in
foreground or in background;
· ot ― output information to standard output (stdout);
· oq ― disable information output;
· ok ― display «Ok» for not infected files;
· log=<path to file> ― logging to specified file;
· ini=<path to file> ― path to alternative configuration
file;
· lng=<path to file> ― path to alternative language file.
You can use hyphen «-» postfix to disable the following parameters:
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If infected files are found inside archives they will not be cured,
deleted, moved or renamed. To cure such files you must manually
unpack archives to the separate directory and instruct Scanner to
check it.
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6. Reporting a bug
If you use graphic shell, then to send a report about some bug in
program operation you must do the following:
· pass to the main options section of the Scanner using the
Options button on the toolbar or using the menu in the
Scanner main window: Settings -> Options;
· in the main options section select Support tab;
· press the Bug report button on this tab;
· after that an inbuilt mail client will be started with the
message template already opened;
· in the Subject field give a brief description of the problem
encountered, and in the message body describe the problem
in every detail, including the steps to be made to reproduce
it;
· send the message using the default e-mail account.
If you use console, then to send a report about a bug use the
following algorithm:
· using the arrow keys, select the Report Bug items from the
Start Menu and press ENTER;
· a console text editor (nano) will open, where you can
describe the encountered problem;
· after finishing the description, press CTRL+X to exit the text
editor;
· before exit you will be prompted to make a decision whether
you want to send the bug report or not, and press the
corresponding key (Y - to send a report, N - to discard it).
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